The Perceptions of Elite Professional Rugby League Players and Staff on the National Rugby League Annual Calendar: A Mixed-Methods Study by Lewis A. Fazackerley, Geoffrey M. Minett, James D. Clark, Vincent G. Kelly

“…Four hundred and thirty-nine elite rugby league players and 46 staff completed the survey. …”
Get full text

Playing Disability Rugby League with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: A Case Study by Luke Manny, Taylor Wileman, Che Fornusek, Daniel A. Hackett

“…Reports of CMT patients participating in team-based sports such as disability rugby league are scarce. The objective of this case report was to evaluate the benefits of participation in disability rugby league in a 50-year-old male with CMT. …”
Get full text

Quantification of Head Acceleration Events in Rugby League: An Instrumented Mouthguard and Video Analysis Pilot Study by James Tooby, Dan Weaving, Marwan Al-Dawoud, Gregory Tierney

“…Instrumented mouthguards (iMG) were used to collect head acceleration events (HAE) in men’s professional rugby league matches. Peak linear acceleration (PLA), peak angular acceleration (PAA) and peak change in angular velocity (ΔPAV) were collected using custom-fit iMG set with a 5 g single iMG-axis recording threshold. iMG were fitted to ten male Super League players for thirty-one player matches. …”
Get full text

Force Plate-Derived Countermovement Jump Normative Data and Benchmarks for Professional Rugby League Players by John J. McMahon, Nicholas J. Ripley, Paul Comfort

“…The countermovement jump (CMJ) is an important test in rugby league (RL), and the force plate is the recommended assessment device, as it permits the calculation of several variables that explain jump strategy, alongside jump height. …”
Get full text

“It’s Important, but It’s Not Everything”: Practitioners’ Use, Analysis and Perceptions of Fitness Testing in Academy Rugby League by Sam McCormack, Ben Jones, Sean Scantlebury, Dave Rotheram, Kevin Till

Subjects: Get full text

Sprint and Jump Mechanical Profiles in Academy Rugby League Players: Positional Differences and the Associations between Profiles and Sprint Performance by Ben Nicholson, Alex Dinsdale, Ben Jones, Kevin Till

“…This cross-sectional study evaluated the sprint and jump mechanical profiles of male academy rugby league players, the differences between positions, and the associations between mechanical profiles and sprint performance. …”
Get full text

Measurement of lower-limb asymmetry in professional rugby league: a technical note describing the use of inertial measurement units by Daniel J. Glassbrook, Joel T. Fuller, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Tim L.A. Doyle

“…Methods Four professional rugby league players (Age: 23.4  ± 3.1 years; Height: 1.89  ± 0.05 m; Mass: 107.0  ± 12.9 kg) wore two accelerometers, one attached to each foot by the boot laces, during match simulations. …”
Get full text

The Professional Rugby Experience in England and Italy by Howard Thomas, Francesco Cavatorti, Alessandro Fino

Subjects: Get full text

The field and resistance training loads of academy rugby league players during a pre-season: Comparisons across playing positions. by David Anthony Moore, Ben Jones, Jonathon Weakley, Sarah Whitehead, Kevin Till

“…Male academy rugby league players are required to undertake field and resistance training to develop the technical, tactical and physical qualities important for success in the sport. …”
Get full text

The Reliability of Neuromuscular and Perceptual Measures Used to Profile Recovery, and the Time-Course of Such Responses Following Academy Rugby League Match-Play by Hendrickus G. J. Aben, Samuel P. Hills, Darren Higgins, Carlton B. Cooke, Danielle Davis, Ben Jones, Mark Russell

“…In professional academy rugby league (RL) players, this two-part study examined; (A) the within- and between-day reliability of isometric mid-thigh pulls (IMTP), countermovement jumps (CMJ), and a wellness questionnaire (<i>n</i> = 11), and (B) profiled the responses with acceptable reliability (no between-trial differences and between-day coefficient of variation (CV) ≤10% and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) ≥0.8) for 120 h (baseline: −3, +24, +48, +72, +96, +120 h) following RL match-play (<i>n</i> = 10). …”
Get full text

A novel application of entropy analysis for assessing changes in movement variability during cumulative tackles in young elite rugby league players by Bruno Fernández-Valdés, Ben Jones, Sharief Hendricks, Dan Weaving, Carlos Ramirez-Lopez, Sarah Whitehead, Jacob González, Jose Gisbert-Orozco, Michela Trabucchi, Gerard Moras

“…Eleven elite adolescent male rugby league players volunteered to participate in this study (mean  ±  SD, age; 18.5 ± 0.5 years, height; 179.5 ± 5.0 cm, body mass; 88.3 ± 13.0 kg). …”
Get full text

Effects of treatment dosage of whole‐body cryotherapy upon post‐match recovery of endocrine and biochemical markers in elite rugby league players: An experimental study by Adam S. Naylor, Ben J. Edwards, Colin M. Robertson

Subjects: Get full text

A comparison of activity demands between trial matches and in-season matches across multiple teams and seasons in semi-professional, male rugby league players by Thomas Doering, Nathan Elsworthy, Dean Callaghan, Ben Jones, Masaru Teramoto, Aaron Scanlan

“…Trial matches are frequently used for team preparation in rugby league competitions, making it essential to understand the demands experienced to assess their specificity to actual competition. …”
Get full text

A Comparison of PlayerLoad^TM and Heart Rate during Backwards and Forwards Locomotion during Intermittent Exercise in Rugby League Players by Matthew R. Barnes, Joshua H. Guy, Nathan Elsworthy, Aaron T. Scanlan

“…Semi-professional, male rugby league players (<i>n</i> = 29) completed the same exercise protocol on two occasions in backward and forward directions. …”
Get full text

A case-control study of tackle based head impact event (HIE) risk factors from the first three seasons of the National Rugby League Women's competition by Shreya McLeod, Shreya McLeod, Ross Tucker, Ross Tucker, Suzi Edwards, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Ben Jones, Georgia Page, Mily Spiegelhalter, Mily Spiegelhalter, Mily Spiegelhalter, Stephen W. West, Stephen W. West, Stephen W. West, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner, Andrew J. Gardner

Subjects: Get full text

What Tests are Used to Assess the Physical Qualities of Male, Adolescent Rugby League Players? A Systematic Review of Testing Protocols and Reported Data Across Adolescent Age Groups by Michael A. Carron, Aaron T. Scanlan, Cody J. Power, Thomas M. Doering

“…Abstract Background Understanding the physical qualities of male, adolescent rugby league players across age groups is essential for practitioners to manage long-term player development. …”
Get full text

Reconceptualising knowledge in the athlete–coach learning system: a mixed-method case study of harnessing bi-directional self-organising tendencies with a national wheelchair rugby league team by Martyn Rothwell, Ben William Strafford, Scott Cragg, João Ribeiro, Keith Davids

“…Specifically, we investigated how bi-directional self-organising (coordination) tendencies (coach and athlete-led) can be exploited to facilitate the formation of attacking synergies within the team sport of wheelchair rugby league. A mixed-method case study approach was employed to collect data, involving semi-structured interviews, reflexive observations and field notes, and notational analysis. …”
Get full text

Agility as a predictor of physical literacy, activity levels and sport involvement by Wayne Usher

Subjects: Get full text

Editorial: Performance enhancement in rugby by F. Carson, T. Scott, M. Campo, M. J. Hamlin

Subjects: Get full text

Tackle Risk Factors for Head Injury Assessments (HIAs) in Sub-Elite Rugby League and Recommendations for Prevention: Head Contacts from Upright Tackles Increase the HIA Risk to Both Ball Carrier and Tackler by Martin A. Lang, Ross Tucker, Suzi Edwards, Grant L. Iverson, Andrew J. Gardner

“…Abstract Background The rugby league tackle has been identified as the game event with the greatest propensity for a clinically diagnosed concussion. …”
Get full text